38, High Street

TL5338 669-1/1/198

SAFFRON WALDEN

HIGH STREET (East side) No.38

GV II

Shops. C18 and early C19. Timber-framed with Flemish-bond gault brick front to High Street. Of 2 linked blocks, that to N is of 3 storeys with attics and long gambrel roof of peg tiles at right angles to frontage. Lower 2 storey building to S with flat roof. Elevation: front of N part has plain parapet with stucco string with recessed strip panel. Attic storey has 2 square 6-paned double-hung sash windows with stucco flat arched heads. First floor has two 12-paned double-hung sashes with similar heads. Ground floor has mid C19 shop front with fascia, consoles, cornice and large panes of glass with central recessed entrance. The S lower block has rebuilt brick front with 2-light C19 small-paned casement on first floor. Ground floor has mid C19 shopfront curving round to side passage with moulded cornice fascia and large glass panes divided by colonnette mullions with capitals. The shopfront projects on flank and corner with curved glass. Long gambrel roof has half hips at both ends, 3 rebuilt dormers and 1 C19 flat roofed dormer with 2-light casement having cental horizontal glazing bar. Large stack through ridge line of gambrel roof. Rendered flank of lower block has mixture of C20 windows on first floor.

Listing NGR: TL5372938418